Isaac Bardavid (Rio de Janeiro Brazil, February 13, 1931-February 1, 2022) was a Brazilian actor, voice actor and poet, best known for his vast career in Brazilian dub. He's especially known as the most prominent voice of Wolverine, having voiced him on both the Animated Series and all of Hugh Jackman 's films, and associated to the characters of Skeletor, Captain Haddock and Robotnik.
In addition to his long-lived career as V.A., he was also a prolific TV actor, having participated in classic Brazilian soap operas in the 1970's and 80's, such as the original versions of Escrava Isaura and Gabriela.
As of 2021, he was still active, until his pulmonary emphysema he'd been suffering for years started to take a toll on his breath, limiting his ability to dub and eventually led to his death, twelve days prior to his 91th birthday. Even then, he still appeared in a few more dubs and work on his last poetry book and by his own words "(his) voice never let him down".
Anime
- Fairy Tail as Crawford Seam (first voice)
- Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon as Hala
- Little Witch Academia (2017) as Fafnir
Film-Animated
- Mickey's Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
- The Black Cauldron as Fflewddur Fflam
- Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World as Chief Powhatan
- Hercules as Philoctetesnote
- The Swan Princess as King William
- Mulan as Yao
- Treasure Planet as Billy Bones
- Shrek as King Harold
- Barnyard as Nathan Beady
- Ice Age: The Meltdown as the Lone Gunslinger
- Coraline as Mr. Bobo/Sergei Alexander Bobinsky
- Happy Feet Two as Noah
- Rango as Ambrose
- The Little Prince (2015) as the King
- Toy Story 4 as Old Timer
Live-Action Films
As John Hurt's characters:- V for Vendetta as Supreme Chancellor Adam Sutler
- Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Profesor Trevor Bruttenholm
- Immortals (2011) as Old man/Narrator
- Hercules as King Cotys of Thrace
As Anthony Hopkins' characters:
- Nixon as Richard Nixon
- Amistad as John Quincy Adams
- Alexander as Ptolemy I Soter (older)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe as Odin
Other roles:
- Star Wars as Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street as Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund, 1-4 and Freddy's Dead)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit as R.K. Maroon (Alan Tilvern)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1989) as the Ghost (Robert Englund)
- Addams Family Values as Uncle Fester (replacing Francisco José from the first film)
- Space Jam as Monstar Bang
- X-Men Film Series as James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)
- Pirates of the Caribbean as Gibbs (Kevin R. McNally)
- Spider-Man Trilogy as Mr. Ditkovich (Elya Baskin)
- Superman: The Movie as Jor-El (Marlon Brando) (Herbert Richers dub)
- Troy: Agamenon (Brian Cox)
- Shutter Island: Dr. Jeremiah Naehring (Max von Sydow)
- Night At The Museum 2 as Ivan the Terrible
- Harry Potter as Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent)
- The Hunger Games: President Snow (Donald Sutherland)
- The Hobbit: Bilbo Baggings (Ian Holm)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald: Nicholas Flamel
- Ad Astra: Coronel Pruitt
Live-Action TV
- Little House on the Prairie: Isaiah Edwards (Season 1-2, Herbert Richers dub)
- Knight Rider as K.I.T.T
- Ultraman as Dr. Iwamoto (Akihiko Hirata)
- Desperate Housewives as Noah Taylor (Bob Gunton)
- Game of Thrones as King Robert Baratheon (Mark Addy)
- Stranger Things as Commander Ozerov
- Westworld as Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins)
Video Games
- League of Legends as Corki, Karthus (Original voice before rework. Replaced by Walter Breda)
Western Animation
- Masters of the Universe as Skeletor
- Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Scare Glow
- Sonic the Hedgehog as Dr. Robotnik/Eggman (from 1994 to 2020)
- The Adventures of Tintin (1991) as Captain Haddock
- Winnie the Pooh as Tigger (mid 1990's through 2011)
- X-Men: The Animated Series as Wolverine
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Fire Lord Ozai (Season 1 and 2)
- Winx Club as Lord Darkar
- ThunderCats (2011) as Jaga
- Commisioner Gordon in:
Tropes:
- Actor-Shared Background: He was of Turkish descent (his grandparents immigrated from Turkey) and played a Turkish character in the Brazilian telenovela Brave Woman (originally "Salve Jorge").
- Evil Sounds Raspy: His raspy voice often served for villains, particularly older ones.
- Vocal Evolution: As he aged, his voiced became more guttural, and it showed as he continued to voice a young-looking Wolverine in the X-Men film series (though it perfectly for the declining depiction of the character in Logan, which he recorded just a few days after his 86th birthday).
